All Irish need apply! Growth in demand for Irish to fill U.S. service jobs

There is an increased demand for Irish employees to fill labor gaps in the U.S. hospitality industry, according to leading business organizations based here.

Brendan Barry, the president of Irish Business Solutions, an employment agency based on the east coast of the U.S., said there is a great demand for Irish people to fill service industry jobs.
“If I had the right people tomorrow, I would put over 100 people to work tomorrow,” he told RTE News.

“Every one of those jobs are genuine jobs that I have on my books ready to fill if I can get the right people that can get a visa.”

Aoife Corcoran came to the U.S. on a trial basis three months ago and is working as a trainee bar manager in the Galway Bay Bar and Restaurant in Annapolis, Maryland.

“I am the only Irish person working here in this bar,” she told RTE news.

“I thought I was going to come, earn some money and leave again but they really want to get people involved here, it’s completely different."